$10,000 over 10 years sounds like a pretty cheap car Seems like it would be more profitable to charge extra for the car and throw in free charging, sort of like Tesla started out doing.
November 29, 2020 12:06 PM, "Lee Hart via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: > Willie via EV wrote: > Lee Hart via EV wrote: > >>> Ah, but bad solutions create the incentive for good solutions. In the >>> long run, I'd like to think that the good solutions are more likely to >>> win. >> >> It WILL be interesting to see how things shake out. As we all know, the >> "legacy" car makers have long used lack of charging infrastructure as an >> argument against EV adoption. And, they have refused to either supply >> or support reliable, well positioned public charging. All except Tesla. > > Strange, isn't it? I would have thought the auto companies would jump on the > chance to monopolize > the source of "fuel" for their EVs. GM set out to do exactly that with their > Magnecharger for the > EV1. > > Henry Ford once sought to set up his own gas station chain, but was blocked > by the government due > to its potential for monopoly (i.e. you could only buy fuel for Fords at Ford > gas stations). Ford > is reputed to have said, "If I can sell gasoline, I could *give* the cars > away." > > Imagine an EV that goes 150 miles on a charge, and people drive it 15,000 > miles a year (so 100 > charges a year). Let's say the EV's manufacturer has a monopoly on charging > stations for it, and > sets the price at $10 per 100-miles of charge. That's 10 cents a mile; about > the same as the cost > of gasoline. > > So the manufacturer collects $1000 a year. That very well *could* pay fo the > car! > > Imagine the consumer response to a *free* car that you refuel by just > plugging in at a GM public > charging station, or at home on your GM licensed $5/100 mile charger? > > Lee > > -- Ring the bells that still can ring > Forget your perfect offering > There is a crack in everything > That's how the light gets in. > -- Leonard Cohen, from "Anthem" > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
